The
Official Professional Association for the Surf School IndustryProtecting
Both Industry and Students • Established 2005AN
IRS REGISTERED NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
Regardless of what others claim, the NSSIA is the "only" professional Surf Instructor,SUP Instructor, and
Surf Coaching Certification that implements the
ISO Professional Certification Organization standard.

We go way beyond simply teaching and should not be considered for those who don't plan to become serious professionals.

To Surfing and SUP Coaches!
Our SUP and or Surf Team coaching certification training programs have been recognized and accepted by colleges
and high schools throughout the US, plus in the professional ranks.

UPCOMMING EVENTS
NSSIA will be holding instructor certification classes at Surf EXPO in January each year. We
will also be holding a number of certification classes between January and April
in the Huntington Beach area each year. Other classes, inclucing general training classes for instructors at accredited schools
scheduled on request.

Annual renewals are due by January 1st each year.
Late payments after 30 days are $5 and after 90 days are a $15 penalty plus may
result in your name and school being moved to our inactive list. All renewals will receive our 350+ page manual which covers surf instruction, SUP instruction, coaching, business issues,
conditioning and nutrition, injuries, history, and even a section on training surf dogs. Also, accredited schools can enter their school pictures for our next manual release plus use on our website.

Official NSSIA
T-shirts and Decals
All certified instructors now have the opportunity to display their
certification credentials to the world. Our official NSSIA T-shirts
and window decals can be purchased separately, or when annual dues
are submitted. The cost of the shirts, is $10 each and the decals
are $1 each. If ordered when dues are paid, there is no additional
cost for shipping.

The
National Surf Schools and Instructors Association (NSSIA) is a non-profit
organization dedicated to fostering surf etiquette, water safety,
and quality surfing instruction programs through professional instructor
development, education, accreditation and research.

NSSIA
is created to form cooperation between surf schools and to share
their knowledge in teaching techniques and new ideas within its
membership thereby furthering NSSIA’s expertise in the surfing
world.

NSSIA will educate and promote to the public the importance of using
only qualified, accredited and certified surf schools and instructors
who are active members of NSSIA and are duly licensed and insured.

NSSIA
will actively educate and petition state and local governments the
advantages of licensing all surf schools and surf instructors and
to license only qualified and active graduated members of NSSIA thereby
ensuring governments that NSSIA’s active members are well qualified
and current in safety and teaching techniques.

The NSSIA does not regulate busness practices between
individual schools and staff. However, since not every accredited school hires fulley certified staff, the NSSIA will actively investigate complaints
filed by students against schools. If you have a problem, please contact us for a complaint form.